Indian or Pakistani?

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Sara516 May 1, 2009, 5:55pm 1

Say you’re born and raised in the US.
Entire extended family lives in Pakistan, or the US (aorund you)

But your parents were born in India (before partition) and migrated to Pakistan as children.

Do you consider yourself Pakistani or Indian?

firenze May 1, 2009, 6:07pm 2

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American

Sara516 May 1, 2009, 6:10pm 3

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haha, NO. besides american/canadian etc

firenze May 1, 2009, 6:12pm 4

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i born here.. so what else i can be ..

zobia May 1, 2009, 6:16pm 5

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well there was a reason y your parents were migrated to Pakistan. otherwise they would had stayed in india.
so i will call my self Pakistani.

Punjabee_in_USA May 1, 2009, 6:17pm 6

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^ I agree with that reasoning. You would be a Pakistani American :)

queer May 1, 2009, 6:18pm 7

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is salman rushdie pakistani or indian? ;-)

farishta2 May 1, 2009, 6:19pm 8

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^neither!!

firenze May 1, 2009, 6:27pm 9

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^ how ?

zobia May 1, 2009, 7:07pm 10

indian i think.

queer May 1, 2009, 7:12pm 11

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interesting.. his folks lived in pakistan. karachi, if i remember right.

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aqeel123 May 1, 2009, 7:18pm 12

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If my grand parents were born and raised in india and then my parents were born and raised in india and then i was born and raised in india but i moved out of india yesterday and came to pak, i wud call myself Pakistani. It just soundz apna apna :p
Or If i moved to America, yesterday i wud call my self American..... indian just doesnt sound kool :o

Punjabee_in_USA May 1, 2009, 7:22pm 13

British Indian :) He was born & educated (school) in India.

Punjabee_in_USA May 1, 2009, 7:23pm 14

I wouldnt call you Indian either

Aimee May 1, 2009, 11:10pm 15

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Definitely Pakistani .. as zobia put it so rightly.. :@:

Reha May 1, 2009, 11:52pm 16

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Your parents would be Mahajir...right? And you would be Pakistani American at that point.

redvelvet May 1, 2009, 11:56pm 17

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I would say Pakistani because your entire family lives in Pakistan. And although your parents were born in India.....they grew up in Pakistan and are more familiar with pakistan and connect with it more since the entire family is also there. So, as Psquared said.....you'd be a Pakistani-American.

SheeN May 2, 2009, 1:09am 18

i agree:)

Kinzz May 2, 2009, 1:22am 19

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hmmmmmmm

_Jeena May 2, 2009, 7:19pm 20

A proud muslim..... thats all.. :)